MUMBAI: Armed with interim findings from the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials, which showed 70% effectiveness in preventing people from becoming infected, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is ready to look for emergency regulatory approval and hopes to get the go-ahead by the end of the year. The ‘positive’ …
Read More »Who will get the COVID-19 vaccine first? Rahul Gandhi asks Prime Minister Modi
Will PM Cares finance the distribution of vaccines in India? Rahul Gandhi asked PM Modi. New Delhi: Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi a series of questions today regarding the advance vaccine for COVID-19, raising issues such as funding, timing and priority of candidates. The former President …
Read More »Coronavirus Vaccine | Fact Check: Is India’s COVID-19 Vaccine Really Ready, As Claimed On Social Media?
There are many rumors surrounding the development of the COVID-19 vaccine globally. According to the WHO, there are more than 45 independent medical groups that are in contention to launch a new coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible. At least 3 candidate vaccines are in critical stages of development and …
Read More »Tarun Gogoi, Former Assam CM, Dies at 86; He was on life support due to post-covid complications
The former chief minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi, who was being treated at the University Hospital of Medicine Gauhati a post-COVID complication, died on Monday night at the age of 86 years. The Minister of Health, Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced his death. The health of the leader of the Octogenerian …
Read More »Tarun Gogoi dies aged 84: six times MP, served as Assam CM for 15 years
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 23, 2020 6:45:25 pm Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi. (Photo Express) Assam’s former chief minister and congressional leader, Tarun Gogoi, died on Monday. He suffered from multi-organ dysfunction. Gogoi, the three-time prime minister of Assam, had a political career of …
Read More »Rana Daggubati reveals her serious illness amid tears: ‘There was BP, calcification around the heart and failed kidneys’
Baahubali actor Rana Daggubati has finally ended his silence on dealing with serious health problems, a fact he had previously denied. While appearing on Samantha Akkineni’s new chat show Sam Jam, Rana broke down while talking about her past illness. “As life progressed rapidly, a pause button suddenly appeared. There …
Read More »Kohli’s Practice Masterclass, India’s Specific Match Simulation Routines
Virat Kohli’s 91 to 58 in practice game overshadowed an equally good effort from KL Rahul. © Getty Virat Kohli’s first season as captain on this unique tour of Australia was uneventful. Apart from perhaps the period of play in which KL Rahul had him constantly move the field with …
Read More »Nivar Cyclone Update: System Steps Up; Tamil Nadu suspends bus service in seven districts | Chennai News
CHENNAI: The depression in the southwest and southeast of the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and centered about 300 miles southeast of Chennai at 5:30 p.m. Monday, said S Balachandran, deputy director general of the Meteorological Department. from India (IM D) -Chennai. “It is very likely to …
Read More »Flying to Mumbai? BMC issues Covid guidelines for passengers from these 4 states
Amid the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic in some states across the country, the Mumbai civic body issued a notice to Mumbai International Airport for the effective implementation of the latest passenger guidelines. The new Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) guidelines incorporated earlier Maharashtra guidelines for passengers arriving in the state …
Read More »The storm off the coast of Tamil Nadu is likely to become a ‘severe cyclone Nivar’
The head of IMD says there will be damage to standing crops and trees could fall. A developing cyclonic disturbance in the Bay of Bengal is expected to turn into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ on Tuesday night, according to the cyclone warning division of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). “There …
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